Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Northeast Lakeview College provides access to quality academic programs and career and technical courses that prepare students for future success in in-demand careers.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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One Button Studio

What is the One Button Studio?

The One Button Studio is a simplified video recording setup that can be used without previous video production experience. The studio's design allows you to create high-quality and polished video projects without knowing anything about lights and cameras.

The One Button Studio solution drastically simplifies the video production workflow, eliminating several time-consuming steps. The result is a studio experience that requires the bare minimum of time and effort while simultaneously providing a consistently high-quality result published directly to the cloud or saved to a USB drive in a standard format video file.

What would I use the One Button Studio for?

The One Button Studio Self-Service mode allows faculty, staff, and students to easily record a presentation or lecture, deliver a research presentation, or create instructional demonstration videos.

Practice class presentations
Create green screen recordings
Record video assignments
Produce e-portfolio introductions and content
Prepare introductions for online courses
Present research papers
Pre-record lectures
Create demonstration modules

Available to all SAC Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Reserve
Record
Save

Reserve Studio Space

The One Button Reservation Calendar will display available times and dates that you can schedule up to 1 hour and 30 minutes of studio time. Once you have chosen a time and date, complete the reservation form with your information and submit. Questions? see help guide below.

Reservation Calendar

How to Reserve the One Button Studio Help Guide

One-button Recording

Start and stop recording with just the press of one button! Recordings are immediately ready for review.

Save

Before using the studio, you’ll need to bring a formatted USB drive with you. If you do not have a USB drive you can purchase one from the ACE Tech Store.

If you will be using a PPT presentation you will need to bring it with you on a USB drive or have it save to your cloud account.

Note: Personal drives must be formatted with one of the following file systems: FAT16, FAT32, XFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, NTFS.

Recording Tips

Best Practices for Recording Videos

Practice your presentation beforehand.
Look directly into the camera. Keep your gaze steady and speak loud & clear.
Longer presentations are best recorded into smaller chunks.
Before starting and stopping your video, look at the camera. This gives you a clean cut point to edit from.
Position yourself slightly away from the center of the frame. This will add a visual interest even without a visual presentation.
Use your hands to emphasize key points and above your waist.

Attire Do's and Don'ts

What to Wear?

Wear appropriate clothing. Keep it professional.
Wearing glasses will create a light reflection.
Avoid wearing all white or all black colors. These colors will make it difficult for the camera to balance the lighting.
Avoid wearing bright neon colors or shiny fabrics.
Most solid colors work well, avoid stripes or bold patterns.
Be aware of jewelry that may be flashy or noisy, the microphone may pick up these unwanted sounds.

FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions?

Can I edit my video in this room too?
No, you will have access to the computers on the outside of the studio.
In which format does the system record my video?
The system will compress and save your recordings in MPEG-4 format, which can later be edited in video applications such as iMovie, Adobe Premiere, and Window Movie Maker, or uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, etc.
What type of computer will I have access too?
You have the choice of using the 2 Apple Studio or 2 Windows computers.

One Button Studio Technical Resources